Originally Posted by sandwedge

As I said yesterday, if they're claiming a 40HP gain for their $7,000 package when Porsche's engineers at their best can squeeze half of that out of the same engine for double that money then call me skeptical. Yes....Porsche knows how to make money but something doesn't add up here. If I didn't already own an X51 car I would be ordering Fabspeed's 40HP package for $7K from Fabspeed the instant I finished this post as long as I could somehow verify their numbers.

Originally Posted by Backmarker

The only reasons to do any of the shiny stuff in the vendor post above:
1. sound (subjective)
2. slight weight loss (not noticeable on the street)
3. shiny (you can post pics of your expensive purchase on forums like this one, and evangelize them)